Rao Xuemàn – A youth pain literature writer who emerged from the School of Chemical Engineering

Rao Xueman was born on December 11, 1972, in Zigong, Sichuan. She is a Chinese female writer and screenwriter, as well as the editor-in-chief of magazines such as \"Man Girls.\" She graduated from Sichuan University of Science and Engineering. In 2004, she wrote her first novel about youthful pain, titled *The Golden Castle of the Little Demon*. In 2005, the youth-themed visual novel \"The Skirt of the School Uniform\" was released ； In the same year, the youth pain novel \"Left Ear\" was released. In 2007, the youth pain novel series \"Hourglass\" was released. In 2009, she published the novel about youthful pain titled Singing Love Songs. In 2010, the youth pain novel series \"Li Ge\" was released. In 2014, she served as the screenwriter for the youth film \"Left Ear\" for the first time. In 2015, she served as the screenwriter for the youth film “Hourglass”. In 2016, she served as the screenwriter for the youth web drama \"Secret Fruit\". In 2017, she served as the screenwriter for the campus-themed web drama \"The Golden Castle of the Little Demon\".

The protagonists in Teacher Rao Xuemàn’s works are shrouded in a sense of gloom from the very beginning of their lives, setting a tragic tone for their destinies. They are all children whom God does not love! In \"Farewell Song,\" the protagonist Ma Zhuo lost her father when she was two years old; her father passed away again when she was ten, and she was raised by her mother’s suitor. The protagonist of \"The Protagonist of the School Uniform\" lost her mother when she was seven years old; shortly after, her father and stepmother were burned to death. She was then adopted by an aunt – who was actually her father’s first love, and had become infertile as a result of having an abortion for him back in the past. The protagonist of “Hourglass,” Mo Xingxing, suffers from nervous bulimia and anorexia; she goes to the hospital to receive glucose infusions when she doesn’t eat for three days, and she will eat even raw meat when she feels like eating. That’s right; Mo Xingxing’s mother also passed away. Dad is as alcoholic as the protagonist’s father in \"Secret Fruit,\" and he is also dating Mo Xingxing’s teacher. Even if their parents don’t die, they still end up getting divorced; for example, in \"Sweet and Sour\", the protagonist Tian Dingding and her friend Lin Zhi are both children from divorced families. Zhang Yang in \"The Left Ear\" is even more legendary; he holds a grudge against his mother for becoming someone else’s mother. What he didn’t realize was that the woman he thought was his mother wasn’t actually his real mother, but rather someone else’s biological mother.

Some lines from a painful youth novel: I am a flower that stopped growing halfway, still waiting to bloom despite despair. Cold to the bone, hatred deep to the bone. We can only pay for our own pain; no matter how severe it is, we cannot blame anyone else. Goodbye, my painful seventeen years old. The most painful thing is forgiveness; the darkest thing is betrayal. As the hourglass tips over again and again, the pains of life are experienced time and time again. It’s cold! It hurts! It’s very dark! God knows, I am, so, lonely.

When we were kids, we all read that genre of painful youth literature written by authors such as Guo Jingming and Rao Xueman; looking back on it now, it feels embarrassing, but back then we enjoyed reading it very much. Moreover, at that time, in order to increase sales, many book models were often brought in to photograph the covers and interior pages, so as to provide a more vivid visual experience for people. Looking back at these books today, we can see that many of them have become well-known stars both near and far.